Hockey, hockey, hockey!
The pre-season starts on Sept 15! Sept 15!!! I can't wait. I have missed my hockey this summer and I'm very excited for the start of the Oilers' season!
Yeah, I'm a total homer. But what the hell's the point of being a fan if you aren't going to root for your team, despite everything?
Nothing much has changed in terms of trades or the roster so I'm quite curious to see how much of a difference the new coaching staff makes. I've been screaming at the TV for several years that they needed to get rid of stupid MacTavish and the stupid old boys club of the Oilers' glory days.
So finally we did, and we've got a new owner, and I'm hoping we'll see some changes (in terms of their performance). I'm hoping we'll see that the coaches were the problem. Because if they weren't then there's still something fundamentally wrong in the organization somewhere and that makes me sad.
Oh, and good God was I thrilled when they put the kabosh on the whole Danny "petulant" Heatley idea. What a complete jerk he was in that whole thing (and I got manical, vengeful glee from the fact that no other team has shown interest in him... I want him left in Ottawa to twist in the wind!). I certainly didn't want him here after his attitude (not to mention it reeked of another Chris Pronger situation).
Anyway - September 15th!
I simply had to share my squee because it's coming...
Dun dun da!